TABLE 1.

Major families of AMPs primarily targeting the S. aureus membrane

Structural class	No. of peptides (n = 115)	Eminent examples of AMP families
α-helical	48	Dermaseptin-B2, aurein 2.5, magainin 2, melittin, buforin II, LL-37, chrysophsin-1
β-sheets	10	Lactoferricin B, baboon theta-defensin-1, human neutrophil peptide-1, gomesin, protegrin 1, tachyplesin I, and kalata B1
α + β	6	Human beta-defensin 1, thrombocidin-1, porcine beta-defensin 2, CXCL10, actinomycesin
Non-αβ	3	Pyrrhocoricin, penisin, and tridecaptin A1